International

Muslims ‘Convenient Scapegoats’ Says UN Head

Muslims have become “convenient scapegoats,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said Tuesday, addressing a forum to tackle the recent rise in discrimination against Muslims. The forum in New York City was co-organized by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Permanent Missions of the United States, Canada and the European Union Delegation. Speaking in

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International, USA

Senators on key panel reject Donald Trump’s skepticism about vaccines

Most members of a key Senate committee are rejecting President-elect Donald Trump’s skepticism about the safety of vaccines, which suggests Trump could face significant backlash in Congress if he seeks to advance the anti-vaccine movement from the Oval Office. In the week following Trump’s controversial meeting with vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr., STAT contacted

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

More Mexicans are crossing the border — to leave the US. Here’s one family’s story.

In December 2015, a family arrived at Memphis’ Greyhound bus terminal, a modern, spacious new building near the airport. The parents, Mexican immigrants, were about to say goodbye to their three Mexican American sons. The parents planned to board a bus that would carry them from Tennessee to Dallas, where they would take a plane

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International, USA

Kerry: Netanyahu unilaterally changing peace map

Speaking at the World Economic Conference in Davos, outgoing US Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs John Kerry accused Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of unilaterally sabotaging any opportunity of peace between Israel and the Palestinians. “You’re affecting the ability to make peace,” Kerry said. “You’re changing the peace map, and you’re doing it unilaterally.

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Middle East, USA

‘True friend and lover of Israel’ elected EU president.

Antonio Tajani who served in recent years as the deputy and acting president of the European Parliament was chosen Tuesday to serve as president of the European parliament. 63-year-old Tajani defeated his left-wing rival by a significant margin and will serve for the next 2.5 years in place of Martin Schultz who served the two

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International, Middle East

Top Arab MK says Netanyahu nixed deal, sparking Bedouin village clash

Ayman Odeh claims residents of Umm al-Hiran accepted a compromise hours before deadly violence erupted By Stuart Winer MK Ayman Odeh (center) of the Joint List and other Arab Israeli leaders stand at the scene of a riot in the Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran, where he was injured, on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 (courtesy)

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Middle East

GAMBIA – Senegal troops amass on Gambia border as deadline for president to step down nears

Senegalese troops amassed on the Gambian border Wednesday as the deadline for the country’s veteran leader Yahya Jammeh to step down approaches. Jammeh, who lost a December 1 election to opponent Adama Barrow, has refused to cede power after 22 years at the helm. Barrow has vowed to go ahead with his inauguration anyway on

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International

FBI, 5 other agencies probe possible covert Kremlin aid to Trump

WASHINGTON — The FBI and five other law enforcement and intelligence agencies have collaborated for months in an investigation into Russian attempts to influence the November election, including whether money from the Kremlin covertly aided President-elect Donald Trump, two people familiar with the matter said. The agencies involved in the inquiry are the FBI, the

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International, USA

Netanyahu and the Israeli media

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — By all accounts, power breeds insecurity, at times even paranoia. The longer a person holds on to power the more fearful does s/he become of suspected machinations by ostensibly loyal colleagues and, to an even greater extent, criticism in the media. Though we hear very little about attempts within

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Middle East

Gambia President-Elect Adama Barrow’s Son Dies After Dog Bite

A son of Gambia’s President-elect, Adama Barrow, has died after being bitten by a dog, the BBC has reported. Eight-year-old Habibou Barrow was reported to have died on the way to the hospital on Sunday in Manjai near the Gambian capital Banjul. Mr. Barrow missed his son’s funeral as he was advised to remain in

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International, Obituaries & memorials

Ashanti Region Gears Up for 4-Day Funeral Rite of Asantehema

The final funeral rites of the longest-serving queen mother of the Ashanti Kingdom, Nana Afia Serwaa Kobi Ampem, has commenced at the Manhyia Palace, Monday. The 4-day ceremony which started at midnight on Sunday includes the performance of a number of rituals at the Manhyia Palace, the seat of the Asantehene, before her interment on

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International, Obituaries & memorials

At Peres memorial, Netanyahu says peace won’t come ‘from above’

Opposition leader Herzog eulogizes ‘one of the greatest leaders of the Jewish people in recent generations,’ who died last year at 93 By Marissa Newman Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the plenary session in honor of the late former president Shimon Peres at the Knesset, on January 16, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) At a memorial

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Middle East